Santa's helpers in overdrive

December 13, 2012 |chron.com staff

Elves & More is distributing bicycles to nearly 10,000 at-risk youths in South Texas.

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Tom Smith assembles a bicycle while volunteering for Elves & More at Reliant Arena Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, in Houston. The organization will build and distribute bikes to almost 10,000 at-risk youth in Houston. The child must first sign a contract with a their school teacher and meet one of the five requirements on that contract to receive the bicycle.

Cody Duty/Houston Chronicle

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Tom Smith assembles a bicycle while volunteering for Elves & More at Reliant Arena Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, in Houston. The organization will build and distribute bikes to almost 10,000 at-risk youth in Houston. The child must first sign a contract with a their school teacher and meet one of the five requirements on that contract to receive the bicycle.